Pope v. Lyttle

Opinion' op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

*660Granville J. Siler brought a suit against John Jones and his infant daughter, Bertha Jones, in the Whitley Circuit Court to recover a tract of land. R. L. Pope, the appellant, was appointed by the court as guardian ad litem to represent the interest of the infant defendants. A short time after this Pope entered into a written contract with John Jones and Bertha Jones by which they agreed to pay him for his services a certain fee of $25 and a contingent fee equal to 50 per cent of the value of the land in controversy. It appears that in this suit…